TheSmilingBandit

Good luck indeed, she just doesnt like raw food, aside from the Nori .... I think you will have better chance of success if the pulutan were ostrich or crocodile meat.

if the waiter is confused why our plate is always full, our maid at home is equally confused why my pockets are always oily in the morning

 

back then, bringing a pulutan (or ordering one) is beyond my means. as a matter of fact, it's rare if someone will bring a pulutan to a club

The "Quick Toss" still refused to eat raw fish. hehehehehehe (she just used the liempo, chocolates and candy as pulutan)

thanks for sharing that tidbit, sir smilingbandit. i thought fried peanuts and chicharon are favorite pulutans of heavy drinkers because the greased intestines make one easy to vomit after hitting a certain limit. vomitting is one way of avoiding heavy hangover in the morning. no wonder a lot of drinkers force themselves to vomit after a heavy inuman. well, to each his own, but it's my habit too!

 

now a little story about peanuts: back in my college days, me and my friend buy several packs of fried peanuts and put them in our pockets (still hot at that!) before entering discovery (sta. mesa). the bold shows start at 7pm so we sit at the front starting 5pm (it's opening time). by about 6:45 the dining area is about full, but lucky for us we're at the best seats in the house. serving fried peanuts with first drinks is s.o.p. and since there's nothing better to do while waiting for the show to start, we paw peanuts from the plate in successions. but to our waiter's disbelief, the plate is always full! magic, hehehe.

now let me push the next question -- what makes a food a pulutan?

traditionally, I would think that a PULUTAN are foods that can be picked up using ones hands ..... peanuts, pretzels, sushi, chicharon etc etc falls into that category.

 

Over the years, the PULUTAN evolved to include foods like sisig, gambas and other foodstuff which make use of a spoon or fork. Nowadays, even soups like sinigang are being used as part of the pulutan mainly because of the meat or seafoods in the broth.

 

I guess a safe answer (given the present circumstance) would be that foods that go great with alcoholic beverages can be considered a PULUTAN.

can anyone enlighten me why almost all (if not all) clubs serve fried peanuts for pulutan?

 

salty and oily at that

Katre is always a good place to eat, Merkats on Sct. Santiago is also pretty good.

There's a decent grilled baticolon and corazon (chicken hearts) place at the corner of Sct. Reyes and ct. Santiago, merely 4 blocks from the Castle.

Up to what time is this BBQ place open ???

Another good place to buy pizza is Sandy's pizza located across the Mann Hann located along J. Abad Santos in San Juan.

For BBQ, along Cordillera St., near Retiro, just behind the building where Diayamondo Spa is located.

Yes, I've just coordinated with HLURB this morning. The complaint is gonna be a considerably tedious proceeding, but I'm going for it!

Another thing you can do is to also write letters to various news daily's complaining of your plight. If, you happen to know other buyer's who may be in the same boat that you are in, get together with them and have them file complaints in the HLURB as well. The more attention you can call on these jokers, the better. By the way, out of curiosity, what company is it?

Masters, as expected, the deadline was is a hooey. They were even surprised that the moment I called was the actual date of the deadline which they set themselves. Obviously they were doing no follow ups, hence the surprise. By the way, I have'nt sign the DOS yet, because as per my teleconversation with them the past few months, they'll give me a call if the title is ready, so I can sign the DOS then procure the lot title in one go (I'm a bit far from their office). Question is, in a worse case scenario where I'm settling matters with this big player in court, can they use the unsigned DOS as an alibi for not releasing my title yet?

Can anyone here enlighten me as to whether or not I, being American national can own a house and lot in the Philippines? I plan to marry and live there, but I want our home to be in my name as well, that I have controlling interest.

Foreigners are not allowed to own land in the Philippines. Having said that, the title can still be in the name of your wife, if she is a Filipino citizen, and your name will appear too, as it will state that the property is owned by 'Wife X married to Husband Y'. The other way is to buy a condminium unit under your name, as long as at least 60% of the condominium building is owned by Filipino citizens.

I appreciate the counseling and advice. With my name being on the title as you have stated, would this give me any control of the property in any case something happens to our marriage? Just trying to protect my investment.

Guys, I need some advise on how to go about our situation.

 

My mother wants to buy a house but because of her advanced age, she wants to put the house ownership under me and my siblings. There are three of us. The intention is that when she is already gone, the three of us get equal shares on the house.

 

There is some complication since my brother is married while me and my sister are single. Therefore there should be some "married to" clause in the part of my brother in the title. Does this complicate the division of ownership (should be equal shares for the 3 siblings)?

 

Another complication is that my brother and his wife are in the U.S. so they won't be physically available for document signing. I know that for the case of selling a property, we need an SPA from them to sign on their behalf. Do we also require an SPA for buying a property? Is there any other (faster/cheaper) alternative?

 

Thanks in advance.

My advice is not to put the title under so many co-owners. The reason is when you have to transact the property e.g. sell it or mortgage it, you will need all the signatures of the owners. That may be difficult considering one of the proposed co-owners is living abroad. Later on, disputes may occur on who has the right to live there, who should pay for the taxes, maintenance and other expenses. It might be better to agree with your siblings for one to buy all the others out so that there will only be one owner.

Thanks Dr. Pepper. At this time, we don't have the option of single ownership due to other factors (my mom has the money, and none of us siblings can afford at the moment to buy the others out).